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Regarded as the first full-length locked room mystery, The Big Bow
Mystery focuses on a murder that has occurred inside a locked room,
with no clear indication as to the weapon used, the perpetrator of
the horrendous crime, or a possible escape route. Scotland Yard is
stumped. Yet the seemingly unsolvable case has, as Inspector
Grodman says, "one sublimely simple solution" that is revealed in a
final chapter full of revelations and a shocking denouement. The
Big Bow Mystery has been almost continuously in print since 1891
and has been used as the basis for three commercial films.
Regarded as the first full-length locked room mystery, The Big Bow
Mystery focuses on a murder that has occurred inside a locked room,
with no clear indication as to the weapon used, the perpetrator of
the horrendous crime, or a possible escape route. Scotland Yard is
stumped. Yet the seemingly unsolvable case has, as Inspector
Grodman says, "one sublimely simple solution" that is revealed in a
final chapter full of revelations and a shocking denouement.
The Melting Pot (1908) is a play by Israel Zangwill. Raised in
London by parents from Latvia and Poland, Zangwill understood the
plight of the city's Jewish community firsthand. Having risen
through poverty to become an educator and author, he dedicated his
career to the voiceless, the oppressed, and the needy, advocating
for their rights and bearing witness to their suffering in some of
the most powerful novels and stories of the Victorian era. When it
was staged in Washington, DC, The Melting Pot received praise from
President Theodore Roosevelt, who proclaimed from the audience
"That's a great play, Mr. Zangwill!" During the 1903 Chisinau
pogrom, David Quixano lost his entire family to antisemitic
violence. Unable to remain in Russia, he emigrates to the United
States, where he hopes to be accepted not just into the nation's
growing Jewish community, but into its open democratic society.
When he arrives, he composes a successful symphony called "The
Crucible," written in tribute to the melting pot of American
culture, its promise to rise above ethnic divisions. He soon meets
a fellow immigrant named Vera, who hails from a Christian family in
Russia. As he begins to fulfill his own American Dream, a shocking
revelation forces David to question his unwavering idealism. The
Melting Pot ran for over one hundred performances in New York City,
starring some of the leading actors of its time and galvanizing the
image of the immigrant experience in America for generations to
come. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of Israel Zangwill's The Melting Pot is a
classic of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
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